FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Updated September 10, 2009
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Longy to Launch Fall Season with SeptemberFest Concert Series Celebrating ‘Haydn and the Viennese Masters’
Cambridge, Mass. — Longy School of Music announces the headline performances of its fall season, beginning with SeptemberFest 2009, a four-part concert series celebrating “Haydn and the Viennese Masters.” More than 50 Longy faculty, students and alumni will perform in the concerts, to be held Friday and Saturday evenings, Sept. 18, 19, 25 and 26, at 8 p.m. in Longy’s Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall.
“Since this year marks the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death, we definitely wanted to honor his music, with its mischievous sense of play and combination of high and low brow humor. Acknowledging the masters who came after him seemed like a ‘festive’ thing to do as well; there is a such a great and diverse body of work – all so brilliantly crafted -- that emerged from the Viennese, and we are very happy to offer up more light hearted fare with more seminal works,” said Wayman Chin, dean of the Conservatory, which trains musicians from around the world to reach new heights of performance and community service.
SEPTEMBERFEST 2009
Haydn and the Viennese Masters
SeptemberFest is Longy’s gift to the community, launching our 2009-10 season.
Longy School of Music, Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Advance tickets recommended; email Longy Box Office at
septemberfest@longy.edu or call 617.876.0956 x1500
www.longy.edu
Friday, September 18, 8pm
Opening Night: Haydn and the Viennese Masters I
Pre-concert discussion by Longy music historian Rebecca Marchand, 6:45pm
Program Overview: Works by Haydn, Mahler, Berg, Weill, Lehár, Kálmán and Strauss. Performers include: Anton Belov, Laura Bossert, Wayman Chin, Frances Fitch, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Pierre Fontaine, Sandra Hebert, Jessica Hilliard, Winston Huang, Robert Merfeld, Karyl Ryczek, Renee Saindon, Ashima Scripp, Laura Shofner, Naoko Sugiyama, Jayne West and Noriko Yasuda
Il maestro e lo scolare, for piano four hands (1766–1768) Franz Joseph Haydn
Sandra Hebert and Winston Huang, piano
Sonata No. 62 in E-flat Major (1794–1795) Haydn
Frances Fitch, fortepiano
The blue bell of Scotland Haydn
What can a young lassie do?
Rattling roaring Willy
My Love she’s but a lassie yet
Jayne West, soprano
Laura Bossert, violin
Ashima Scripp, cello
Robert Merfeld, piano
Frühlingsmorgen (1889) Gustav Mahler
Erinnerung (1889)
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (1901)
Karyl Ryczek, soprano
Wayman Chin, piano
Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (1907–1908) Alban Berg
Naoko Sugiyama, piano
“There’ll be Trouble” from Street Scene (1946) Kurt Weill
Renee Saindon, soprano
Laura Shofner, soprano
Pierre Fontaine, baritone
Opera at Longy
Donna Roll, director
“Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss” from Giuditta (1933) Franz Lehár
Jayne West, soprano
“Komm Zigan” from Countess Mariza (1924) Emmerich Kálmán
Anton Belov, baritone
“Vilja-Lied” from The Merry Widow (1905) Lehár
Karyl Ryczek, soprano
“Da geh’ ich zu Maxim” from The Merry Widow (1905) Lehár
Anton Belov, baritone
“To Part is Such Sweet Sorrow” from Die Fledermaus (1874) Johann Strauss
Jessica Hilliard, soprano
Laura Shofner, soprano
Matthew Fitzpatrick, tenor
Opera at Longy
Donna Roll, director
“Lippen schweigen” from The Merry Widow (1905) Lehár
Karyl Ryczek, soprano
Anton Belov, baritone
Noriko Yasuda, piano
Saturday, September 19, 8pm
Haydn and the Viennese Masters II
Program Overview: Works by Haydn, Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, Schubert, Strauss and Berg. Performers include: Laura Bossert, Wayman Chin, Miriam Eckelhoefer, Diane Lim, Carol Mastrodomenico, Brian Moll, Vanessa Mulvey, Michelle Shoemaker, Anna Williams, Russell Wilson, Esther Ning Yau and Karen Zorn
Piano Trio No. 44 in E Major, Hob. XV:28 (1797) Franz Joseph Haydn
Laura Bossert, violin
Miriam Eckelhoefer, cello
Diane Lim, piano
Walzer-Gesänge, Op. 6 (1898) Alexander Zemlinsky
Carol Mastrodomenico, soprano
Brian Moll, piano
Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 (1909) Arnold Schoenberg
Wayman Chin, piano
Polonaise in D Major, Op. 61, No. 4 (1826) Franz Schubert
Marche Militaire in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2 (1818)
Marche Militaire in D Major, Op. 51, No. 1 (1818)
Wayman Chin, Diane Lim, Brian Moll, Karen Zorn, pianists
Vier Stücke, Op. 5, für Klarinette und Klavier (1913) Alban Berg
Michelle Shoemaker, clarinet
Esther Ning Yau, piano
Rosen aus dem Suden, Op. 388 (1921) Johann Strauss
Kaiser-Walzer Op. 437 (1925) arr. Schoenberg
Laura Bossert, violin
Anna Williams, violin
Russell Wilson, viola
Miriam Eckelhoefer, cello
Michelle Shoemaker, clarinet
Vanessa Mulvey, flute
Brian Moll, harmonium
Diane Lim, piano
Friday, September 25, 8pm
Hommage à Haydn (works dedicated to or inspired by Haydn)
Program Overview: Works by Beethoven, Dukas, D'Indy, Debussy, Hahn, Widor, Ravel, Mozart, Benjamin and Brahms. Performers include: Colin Benn, Michael Bonner, Hugh Hinton, Mark Lakirovich, Ludmilla Lifson, Olha Patramanska, Eleanor Perrone, Eda Shlyam and Esther Ning Yau
Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2 (1796) Ludwig van Beethoven
Hugh Hinton, piano
Six Pieces for Haydn’s Centenary Composed for La Revue Musicale, 1909
Prélude Élégiaque Paul Dukas
Menuet sur le nom de Haydn Vincent D’Indy
Esther Ning Yau, piano
Hommage à Haydn Claude Debussy
Eleanor Perrone, piano
Thème varié sur le nom de Haydn in G Major Reynaldo Hahn
Ludmilla Lifson, piano
Fugue Charles-Marie Widor
Hugh Hinton, piano
Menuet sur le nom de Haydn Maurice Ravel
Eda Shlyam, piano
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421 (1783) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mark Lakirovich, violin
Olha Patramanska, violin
Colin Benn, viola
Michael Bonner, cello
Meditation on Haydn’s Name (1982) George Benjamin
Eleanor Perrone, piano
Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b (1873) Johannes Brahms
Eda Shlyam and Ludmilla Lifson, pianists
Saturday, September 26, 8pm
All-Haydn Concert
Program Overview: Works by Franz Joseph Haydn. Featuring the Longy Conservatory Orchestra.
Introducing Julian Pellicano, conductor. Performers include Ru Da Ko, Ying-Jun Wei and Kumiko Takeno
Overture to L’anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice (1791)
Arias from L’anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice (1791)
Ru Da Ko, soprano
Concerto for Violoncello No. 2 in D Major (1783)
Ying-Jun Wei, violoncello
Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D Major (1779–80)
Kumiko Takeno, piano
Symphony No. 92 in G Major (Oxford) (1789)
About Longy School of Music
Longy School of Music, founded in 1915, is a degree-granting Conservatory and school of Preparatory and Continuing Studies located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school serves 223 undergraduate and graduate students from 37 states and 21 countries, and nearly 1,000 children and adults from the Greater Boston area. For all students, Longy provides a distinguished faculty that promotes profound musical understanding and technical mastery, encourages growth of imagination, and fosters inquiry about the role of music and the musician in the larger world. With a curriculum rooted in the traditions of Western music, Longy’s mission is to prepare musicians to make a difference in the world. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, see www.longy.edu.
